Response to Steve Chapman - Tribune

I don't know Steve (link) I have no dog in the fight, such as one of my kids, so I try not to get too opinionated about the Iraq war. (How about that - me without an opinion?) I don't know if you are right in your commentary, but it feels to me that you just may be wrong.

I know you and others that I regularly copy on my diatribes understand I am not a patient man. And I can't imagine a more monumental sacrifice to ones country than having a child or spouse return home in a flag draped coffin. But I keep asking myself, what possible reason would our government have to keep our soldiers in peril and our country so divided (and broke), but to protect the overall interests of our country. What is to be gained by George Bush or the Republican part by keeping us over there? Sadly, I have come to the realization that President Bush is more than likely in the pocket of Big Oil, but this "conflict" doesn't seem to be about oil either. It seems more to me to prevent another 9/11, and at the time those cowards struck us, Bush said it would be a long and drawn out affair to root out terrorism. It feels like it's the price we have to pay.